 What's the word, y'all? All right, man, I gotta say I'm heavily, and I mean heavily disappointed. The first team to be eliminated from NBA Championship contention ended up being the Brooklyn Nets in four. And I have been a Brooklyn Nets skeptic all season long. Go check the receipts, that has been the thing. But I didn't ever see this happening in just a four game series. Even a couple of days ago when the Boston Celtics went up three-zero, I thought to myself, ain't no way KD and Karrie gonna go out this sorry. And they did. They went out sorry. Kevin Wright finally gave us a performance, you know what I'm saying? After the last two games being stinkers, that was easy for me. I bet the over, I knew that was gonna come. But I still did not anticipate them getting swept. Remember, this is a team with championship aspirations. Yes, they were a play-in team, but they were the number one team in the Eastern Conference in the first month and a half or so of the season. And they still believe, and a lot of people still believe, go look at the receipts of a lot of the other people. They pick the Brooklyn Nets, not only winning series, but people still had them as the championship winner. The team that was gonna represent the Eastern Conference and they lost in four in the first round. This is insane, y'all. There's a stat that I saw on Twitter. The Celtics sweep the Brooklyn Nets with the margin of victory of four and a half points. That is the third smallest margin of victory for four games sweeping NBA history behind the 2017 Cavaliers and the 1975 Warriors. This was a sweep, but every single one of these games was very, very close, but they could never pull it out. It doesn't matter anymore that you were in these games. The goddamn series is over. I can't believe I saw that on the timeline. People are like, oh yeah, the season is over, but hey, at least you was in the games. You have Katie and Kari Irvin. You should never get blown out at that point. You should never get blown out at that point. But bro, bro, bro, I'm trying to figure out, right? Who's the blame? I know that's the game that everybody wants to play. Who's the blame? How do we get to this point where this team that was constructed to be this super team? How do we get to the point that in year number two of this team being constructed, they are swept in the first round. And I put together a little hierarchy, man. You might disagree. Remember, I'm just a guy with a microphone that talks in basketball, but I'm gonna try to keep it as real as possible in this video. Cause sometimes I'm beyond a switcheroo. I try to be around a bus a little bit. I got relationships in the NBA. I know players and stuff like that. So I try to keep it up, you know what I'm saying? Maybe not a buck. I'll be keeping it 90 on the channel a lot of times. Today I'm keeping it a buck because I'm extremely disappointed at what I saw in this series from the Brooklynettes. Number one on my to blame list, if we have to point the blames, it's Steve Nash. Don't need to explain it. You watch these four games and you can tell that Ema Yudoka coach circles around, bro. I'm not gonna spend too much time on it. Number two is a guy that I hate is on my list because I got so much love for this person. And it's Sean Marks. Sean Marks put together one of my most favorite NBA teams in recent NBA history. And that was a team with D'Angelo Russell, Jared Dudley, Karis Laverge, special then with Jared Allen. That was one of my most fun teams to watch night and the night out. So much so that I bought a goddamn Brooklynettes hoodie because I enjoyed watching that team so, so much. I thought Sean Marks did an amazing job building a team that once he took over, he gotta remember that the state that the Brooklynettes were in and he turned them into relevancy, so much relevancy that Katie and Carrie Irv are gonna talk about two Mac spots and brought them in. But hopefully this is a sign to the other 29 general managers across the league that this whole super team thing might be over with. Are we looking at the end of the era of the orchestrated, constructed super team where we free up so many, we free up two to three Mac spots, bringing three great players and then we got minimum player, minimum player, minimum player, middle of accepted player, minimum player, minimum player. Because what we have seen is that a lot of these teams don't end up working out. One way or another, whether it be on court stuff or off court stuff, these teams don't work out. And you gotta think about the big ol' trade, the two big ol' trades that Sean Marks put off in the last two seasons. The first one, giving up Jared Allen, Kara Slivert, a million picks to bring in James Harden. James Harden lasted like 40, 50 games in Brooklyn before he was like deuces. I'm going somewhere else and they bring in Ben Simmons who we gonna talk about a little bit. He hasn't suited up for them. They gave up the whole asset pool to put together the three Mac spots, three All-Star Calibur players and those three Mac spots, three All-Star Calibur players, got them into a first round exit. And now the people on the outside, because one of your Macs players is not playing and Ben Simmons, now you're asking way more players that shouldn't have the role that they have. No disrespect to some of the people out there. Bruce Brown did an amazing job this series doing what he could do. Gordon Girogic on the biomarker was solid for them, but their roles were significantly bigger because you have this whole $40 million hole in your lineup. And then not to mention, Joe Harris being out really hurt, but you have this $40 million hole in your lineup that you need to be filled by guys that's making $2 million. So, Sean Marks, listen, this is revisionist history. Hindsight is 2020. I'm not saying that he was wrong to make the James Harder trade. I'm not saying he was wrong to even trade James Harder for Ben Simmons, but I'm saying as of right now, them get eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in a 4-0 sweep. That's a lot. Come on, man, we can't just overlook it. Next guy is 100% Carrie Irvin. There's an argument for Carrie Irvin to be a lot higher on this list. Yes, he has played in the last four games or so, but you cannot convince me that Carrie Irvin not being in the lineup for 70% of the season by his own doing didn't hurt the team. Chemistry, cohesion, defense, everything attached. Every single word that you can put together that you need to have a good team, Carrie Irvin hurt those things. And that hurts me saying it because Carrie is one of my guys. I really love Carrie. I think Carrie is a hooper, hooper. He's a guy that everybody loves to watch, but you cannot deny the fact that cohesion was one of the main reasons why these boys did not win. Even a couple of days ago, when they went down 3-0, Carrie Irvin came to the podium and said, hey, we're not like them. We ain't had in many minutes as they had. He talked about the Boston Celtics. We ain't had the ups and downs of the Boston Celtics of Ed. Bro, that was fixable. And then even today after this win, there's a quote that stood out to me. I felt like I was letting the team down at some point when I wasn't able to play. We're trying to exercise every option for me to play, but I never wanted to be about me. It became a distraction at times. At times? At times? 90% of the season when people were talking about the Brooklyn Nets, it's like half-time, Carrie. Or Carrie Irvin's not playing, which is the first half of the season. James, one of the main reasons that a lot of people believe that James Harden ended up believing is that you weren't there. And now we have to think about how we deal with you only being there on the way games. And now I got to change the way I play because Carrie's coming and he only plays in the way games. So distraction is at times, bro. That's like, come on, man. It was a distraction for the entirety of the season. And I'm not even trying to turn into epidemiologists. This is not a conversation about vaccination stuff because I'm way past that. I'm so tired of pandemic talking. What we lived through over the last couple of years is not that, but we're strictly talking basketball. And Carrie Irvin only being able to play half of the season or not even half of the season, 35% of the season. And then only home game or only away games for a majority of it. You cannot tell me that did not play up factor. And then lastly is Kevin Durant. And I'm not even just talking about because of the two stinkers that you put up in the series. He became an enabler of all of the BS that was going on within the organization. That today after the game, he can't cry over spilled milk and which I guess is a good mindset to have. But he has to look in the mirror and look at what he has created here and try to think how do we get better? And I said after teams get eliminated, I was going to do like this, what's next for this organization? And what's next for this organization? Oh, I'm sorry. Did I not mention the last guy that deserves some blame? It's Ben. Again, I do want to say Sean Marks and the Brooklyn Nets to some extent had to understand what they were getting themselves into. They were talking about a broken human being whether it be physical or mental, whatever. We're talking about a broken human being and you knew that the world knew that Ben Simmons was going through some things internal demons or externity. He was going through some things, but still Ben Simmons pulling on this string telling them, oh, I might be back. I might be back and then retweaking or whatever it is definitely put an umbrella over the season that, oh snap, we going to be able to bring Ben in and things are going to be better and they weren't. So what happens next for the Brooklyn Nets? In this post-game interview today, Calry Irvin did say, I don't plan on going anywhere. I've been recognized for my greatness, but at this point, I really just want to be a part of a great team. Does he see the Brooklyn Nets as a great team? I guess so he said he's not going anywhere, but I've also heard Calry Irvin say I'm not going anywhere before. So he has a player option, which I would assume that he's not going to accept and he is going to sign an extension with Brooklyn, but it'll be worth more money or he goes somewhere else completely. And if Calry Irvin goes somewhere else completely, well, that's GG's for this whole experiment slash super team. And I wouldn't put it past him because Calry Irvin for the entirety of his career has been a guy that you could not predict basically on the court too. You don't know what Calry Irvin about to do next. It's probably going to be great, but you don't know what he's about to do next. And I cannot say with certainty that just because Calry Irvin say he's not going anywhere that he won't go anywhere. Calry Irvin can switch his mind just like that. So we gotta figure out what the hell is going on with Calry Irvin. And then we gotta figure out what the hell is going on with Ben Simmons. And after that, I guess we could talk about more about the Brooklyn S future once we figure those things out. But it's hard for me to even project what the heck this team would even look like next season because there's no way you could just bring back the same team plus Ben Simmons and say, all right, now we're ready. Cause I think the holes in this team is deeper than just we needed Ben Simmons to who. So disappointing. And I know I spent a lot of time talking about the Brooklyn Nets and not so much the Boston Celtics, but I'm giving the Boston Celtics so many flowers to have the last three or four months. I think everybody understands what Boston Celtics are doing as elite and great. There's no conversation anymore about where Jason Tatum should rank amongst NBA players. There's, in my mind, there's no doubt he's top 10 because a guy takes pride on both sides of the ball where he can try to clamp up one of the greatest scores of all time, but also drop 30. So I would say he's top 10. Next, a series that seemed like it was all but over is not because the Toronto Raptors stay alive in a game where they got the 76 to get booed off of their home court and they go back to Toronto for a game six. And boy, oh boy, do I see a lot of 76 of fans whether it be on the timeline or whatever, worried. And it's understandable. You got Joel and B playing with his ligament torn in his right hand, his shooting hand. And then a guy that, you know, supposed to be your super max superstar next to him has not done a damn thing in this series. I think it might be a blessing in disguise that the paperwork for James Harden had got lost before he can sign that extension because this is a real legitimate question. Forget the name. Forget the fact that James Harden is the top five player of this position of all time. Forget the fact that this guy is a former MVP. If we're going strictly on what we've seen from James Harden this season or strictly based on what we see from James Harden since he got to Philly, you cannot convince me that bro deserves a super max contract. You cannot convince me because in games like this in series like this where Joel and B is trying to play through a torn ligament, we're gonna talk about Joel and B because he's been, he has not been him since this torn ligament. You need anything from James Harden, anything. And the 76ers might be pigeonholed to give him whatever the hell contract he thinks he's worked. And he has lost a step. We talked about a couple of days ago. He was struggling to get past Malachi Flynn. And that's not a disrespect to Malachi Flynn but he not a rotational NBA player. A guy that has been known to his entire career to break down his defenders and get to the basket. He was a dual threat in a sense that or I guess so way more than dual, that's disrespecting. And the highs of James Harden's career, the reason why he was so dangerous and hard to guard is because he could break you down and hit you with a double step back or he can break you down and get right past you and get to the basket for a float or a lob up to whoever it might be, click a pellet. Now he's not breaking people down to get past them anymore. And you can't like, is there something he can flip? If he has not flipped it on yet, I don't think he will be able to. Is he still a good player? Hell yeah. Is he a super max player? No. And he's older and a super max means that an age 37 bro gonna be paid 50 amps or something like that. That's not a good contract for your organization. You got James Harden, who was supposed to be the second superstar of your team. Dudu Gay, Jorlin Bede, Dudu Gay. This team showed little to no fight after that first quarter. Little to no fight. The Toronto Raptors came out on like a 14-0 run or something like that. Scotty Barnes is on five sides of the Ricky Scotty Barnes plan through his injury and looking good. And after that, them boys didn't even try to hoop anymore. They get this, this is one of those teams that get those down shoulders when they end the slump or down shoulders when it feel like it's unreachable. And those are the worst teams for me to watch because there is no such thing as a game that is out of reach until it's literally out of reach. We just saw a couple of days ago, a team bring back two multiple 20-point games and won the game. They were down by 22 different times and won the game. So when the Raptors are up by 12 in the second quarter, there's no reason for Jorlin Bede's body language to be what it was. There's no reason for James Harden not to try doing the, and then Tyrese Max, he's been one of the better three-point shooters in all of the NBA. He's passing up open looks now. I don't know what the hell happened to this team. And there's a legitimate argument that even in game three, the game that Jorlin Bede hit his game winning shot, there's an argument that the Raptors play better that game. This is not, that was not a 3-0 series that there were super, super dominant other than game one and game two. The last three games could have all went to Toronto Raptors way. Not the greatest thing. There's been no team in the NBA history to blow a 3-0 lead. So I think that they'll be able to pull this out. But boy, oh boy, y'all don't wanna, oh man. Oh man, that's literally a worst case scenario for Joel and James Harden. For them to get backwards swept in a series where they were up three to zero and Doc Rivers. Doc Rivers gonna get canned. And I don't know how the Lakers can have him as a top option if the board then gave up three, three one leads and also a zero three lead. That is insane. And that was at the point. Listen, Matisse, I've never met Matisse, but from everything I've heard from people that are really close to him, he's such a good guy. The Matisse stable minutes don't do anything. Let me show you why. He's very good on defense. Do not get me wrong. There's a reason why I had him on my all defensive team two years in the row this first two years of his career. But even just look at this steel right here. This is how this man is being guarded all game long and all series long. This is how he has been guarded. Joel and Bede is a little bit in the paint. They're throwing two. Look like three, just press it to you like he about to help down. Now what happens? Joel and Bede finds the open man. That's a great pass. Set him up, bricks. Got to give a lot of credit to Nick Nerson, these boys in Toronto, cause they don't fight. They don't mean they don't stop fighting. Here's another scenario where Joel and Bede is trying to get good inside position. They got two defenders over here and Pascal's looking this way. Hit me, hit play. Here it is. James Harden trying to break somebody down. First of all, you can see that he didn't even break down Kimberts right here. So, you know, but look, pack the paint. Even if he did break down Kimberts right here. Oh, is that Thaddeus Young? That's Thaddeus Young. Even if he did break down Thaddeus Young here. Joel and Bede is not a threat anymore because these two guys are here. Who's wide open? It's Matisse Thible. He gets thrown two in the corner. That's the right pass from James Harden, bricks. Literal air ball. And then by that point, he's in his own head. We talk about third quarter here. Like I said, the shoulders have shrunk for this team. Matisse Thible's not even guarded here. You see Joel and Bede's fighting for inside position. Chris Boucher's kind of shading that. Just in case he gets the ball, he blitz him. Watch this. Let me turn off that sound. Watch this. Matisse Thible gets his ball here. What does he do? What do you think? What do you think he does? Do you think he shoots his three? Nope. He tries to drive pass. Literal air ball of a layup. He air balled the layup, y'all. And I think the only made basket that he had in his game is because pressure to your tip that in for him. He has not been a threat all season long, basically. The defense is good, though. He had a couple of steals, but like in a game like today, there's no reason for the 76ers to get absolutely destroyed on points in the paint. They have an MVP caliber player, one of the most dominant players in the entire NBA, Joel and Bede. And Joel and Bede can't even get close to the basket, really, because they're packing it so much. And Joel and Bede on the defensive side of the ball is a guy that's in conversation for all defensive team. Today, he got dominated in the paint. He got blown pass on switches. And I've said this was Zach Levine, and I'm giving you that because that's my guy. I've said this about any player. If you are on the court, you're healthy. If you are on the court, you're healthy. I don't want to hear, oh, he's playing through this injury, which he is playing through the injury, but if you're not giving your 100%, just sit out. Legit, just sit out. Because at this point, you're not getting the production that you need from Joel and Bede. He needs his teammates to race him up, and they have not been doing that. So again, like I said, I still believe that, you know, in the last two games, they're gonna have one where, you know what, this is the crazy part, because even in this game, the Raptors didn't even shoot the ball with. I was gonna say, there's gonna be a game where the Raptors don't shoot well. They didn't do that today. They didn't shoot the ball well. And it's a low key blessing in disguise that Freddie was injured in this one because though Freddie is a very good defender, he has an argument to be an all-defensive player, his size holds him back quite a bit. I know he's topping steals and topping deflectors for sure, but his size holds him back quite a bit. And now with him being injured, it's Scottie Barnes, Gary Trin, Julia, O'John and Nobby Pascal, Siakam and Kim Burtz, and then off the bench is Chris Boucher. It's pressure to Julia, and the stat is young. That's six-five and over with max wingspans. You know what I'm saying? They're guarding everything out there. And it's been a good series so far. I know the first two were stinkers, and I've turned the first two off, but since then, it's been amazing, bro. Doc, don't be that guy. Don't be the dude. Don't be the dude. Don't be the dude to lose a 3-0 lead. In the last game, the Dallas Mavericks take a 3-2 lead. And one of those games where I'm watching, I'm watching, and what did I do? Click, because it was a blowout very early on, and I did not look back. I did not look back. You know what? I was reading through the comment section of the video from like two days ago, and somebody said, and I actually felt bad, he said, I tune into every one of Kenny's videos, but it just feels like he's not talking about this series more than the other ones. And I feel like I did a whole film breakdown when Rudy Gobert and them were losing, but either way, it means to be games like this, bro. Lucas Dominant, what am I supposed to say? Shout out to the Mavs. I mean, that's all I can really say. I've already said everything that is to be said negatively about the Utah Jazz, and I'm not about to beat a dare horse, but I did see that Donald Mitchell went back to the locker room, so hopefully he's healthy and can play for the next game, because if not, it's Raps. I do see Rudy Gobert hit a double-double though, so. He outscored Donald Mitchell in five less minutes. I literally have nothing to say about this series. Anyway, this is always open for discussion, so please leave a comment on what you think about the Brooklyn Nets season, or what you think about this series that has to do with the 76ers and Raptors.